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Health Care Resource Guide | 2019-2020 15 Private ambulance services Private ambulance services Ranked by number of vehicles Ambulance service No. of vehicles/ local employees License/ profit or nonprofit No. of locations/ areas served Description Head of company/ year founded 1 MedStar Ambulance 62 Washington St., Worcester 01608 508-799-0004 • www.medstarma.com 85 325 (a) Paramedic profit 13 Central and Western Mass. Emergency basic life support and advanced life support as well as non- emergency transportation Nick Melehov Greg Melehov co-owners 2000 2 Vital EMS & Medical Transport 1013 Main St., Worcester 01603 508-757-9111 • www.vitalems.com 45 (b) DND Paramedic profit 4 Central Mass. with pre-scheduled ambulance and wheelchair van services available statewide and beyond Ambulance service with advanced and basic life support, medical transportation, dedicated bariatric transport unit Kevin Prendergast regional director 2000 3 EasCare Ambulance Service 140 Prescott St., Worcester 01605 (c) 508-421-3999 • www.eascare.com 28 60 Paramedic profit 9 (d) Greater areas of Boston, Dartmouth, Hopedale, Plymouth and Worcester Emergent and non-emergent transportation with advanced/basic life support and chair car; Mobile Integrated Health Program (e) Mark Brewster president & CEO 1998 4 Wood's Ambulance Inc. 457 Main St., Gardner 01440 978-632-1530 • www.woodsambulance.com 20 100 Paramedic profit 1 Greater Gardner, Athol and Lancaster; scheduled transportation available outside of these areas Emergent and non-emergent medical transportation; fleet includes ambulances, chair vans and a wheelchair bus James Wood president & CEO 1954 5 UMass Memorial EMS 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-421-5705 • www.umassmemorialems.com 18 98 Paramedic nonprofit 4 Shrewsbury and Worcester 911 provider, advanced life support and transport service; 15 Class I ambulances, three Class V ambulances Stephen Haynes chief, WEMS 1977 (f) 6 Community EMS Inc. 401 Cedar Hill St., Marlborough 01752 508-485-4544 17 (g) DND Paramedic profit 4 (h) Marlborough, Milford and MetroWest Ambulance service with advanced and basic life support, medical transportation Randy Jusseaume president & CEO 1965 7 K's Personal Transport Inc. 94 Main St., Oxford 01540 508-987-2254 9 12 Basic profit 1 Central Mass. and Northeastern Conn., within a 30-mile radius of Worcester Basic life support ambulance and wheelchair van services David Krevosky president 1986 8 Webster EMS 67 Thompson Road, Webster 01570 508-943-2218 • www.websterpublicsafety.com 7 31 Paramedic nonprofit 1 Webster with mutual aide to Oxford, Dudley, Douglas, Thompson (Conn.), Southbridge, Auburn and Charlton 911 emergency care to a population of 16,800 residents and primary provider for Harrington Memorial Hospital Gary Milliard Jr. EMS chief 1923 9 Spencer EMS 6 Bixby Road, Spencer 01562 508-885-4476 • www.spencerrescue.org 4 45 Paramedic nonprofit 1 Spencer Emergent response and event coverage; three ambulances and one utility vehicle J. Dominic Singh chief of operations 1959 10 West Brookfield Rescue Squad 18R W. Main St., West Brookfield 01585 508-637-1778 • www.westbrookfieldrescuesquad.com 2 19 Basic nonprofit 1 West Brookfield and surrounding areas New state-of-the-art ambulances and latest technology in equipment Dan McCall president 1952 11 North Brookfield Emergency Squad Inc. 56 School St., North Brookfield 01535 508-867-6308 • NA 1 20 Basic nonprofit 1 North Brookfield 911 provider for the town of North Brookfield Patrick Kiritsy director 1956 12 UMass Memorial LifeFlight 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-421-5700 • www.umassmemorialems.com 1 13 Critical care nonprofit 1 All of New England Air medical transport Stephen Haynes chief 1982 Source: Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services, each provider via survey and their websites. Notes: Ambulance service licensure is available at the basic, intermediate, paramedic and critical care service levels. DND = did not disclose. (a) With 400 employees statewide (b) Represents six vehicles dedicated to EMS and 39 vehicles dedicated to medical transport, per Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services, as of Jan. 2, 2019. (c) Headquartered in Weymouth (d) Plymouth, Jamaica Plain, Worcester, Brockton, New Bedford, North Dartmouth, Hopedale, Norton and Weymouth (e) Since 2014, operating Mobile Integrated Health Program in partnership with Commonwealth Care Alliance; services patients in-home for non-emergent care as alternative to emergency room visit. (f) Transferred to UMass in 1991, and to UMass Memorial in 1998 (g) Per Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services list of statewide ambulance services, as of Jan. 2, 2019. (h) Figure from 2017 survey - Compiled by: Stephanie Meagher and Heide Martin, research@nebusinessmedia.com